Research Article
Magnitude and Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilization in Kandahar City, Afghanistan
Table 3
Antenatal care utilization and its related characteristics.
| Variable | Frequency (%) |
| ANC visits (n = 850) | Yes | 589 (69.3) | No | 261 (30.7) |
| Trimester of ANC visits (n = 589) | First | 336 (57) | Second | 199 (33.8) | Third | 54 (9.2) |
| Total number of ANC visits (n = 589) | 1 | 243 (41.2) | 2 | 218 (37.1) | 4 and above | 128 (21.7) |
| Place for ANC visits (n = 589) | Comprehensive health clinic | 347 (58.9) | Hospitals | 231(39.3) | Private clinic | 11 (1.8) |
| ANC services’ awareness (n = 589) | Health institutions | 153 (25.9) | Media | 108 (18.4) | Family and friends | 328 (55.7) |
| Who benefited the most from ANC visits (n = 589) | Mother | 18 (3.1) | Child | 88 (14.9) | Both | 483 (82) |
| Health education received in each ANC visit (n = 589) | Yes | 528 (89.6) | No | 46 (7.8) | Do not know | 15 (2.6) |
| Behaviors of the ANC provider (n = 589) | Satisfactory | 413 (70.1) | Unsatisfactory | 176 (29.9) |
| Reasons for not visiting the ANC facility (n = 261) | Lack of awareness | 57 (21.8) | Transportation problem | 67 (25.7) | Family problems | 125 (47.9) | Personal problems | 12 (4.6) |
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